Shoelace



March 28, 1944. Ab BENQWn-Z v 2,344,963

SHOELACE Filed June` 12. 1942 L 'I 'EN TOR.

amzie/fa wif/7 v BY ATTDRN EYS Patented Mar. 28, 1944 UNITED STATS OFFICE 1 Claim.

My invention relates to shoe laces, and has among its objects and advantages the provision of an improved lace securing means designed to eliminate the necessity of tying knots, in which the securing means is so devised as to conserve material in that the necessity for the long tying ends in conventional laces is eliminated.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a portion of a shoe illustrating my lace applied thereto;

Figure 2 is a fragmentary view of the lace illustrating the manner in which the ends are threaded one through the other for securing purposes;

Figure 3 is a face View of the secured lace in the shoe; and

Figure 4 is an enlarged sectional view taken along the line 4--4 of Figure 3.

In the embodiment selected for illustration, the lace IB may be woven from any suitable material and is provided with the usual metallic tips l2 at its ends. The lace is so woven adjacent each tipped end as to provide a series of openings or slots i4. These openings are of suiiicient size to freely receive the lace as it is threaded therethrough. Figure 1 illustrates the lace threaded .u

of the shoe portions i8 so that any pull on the lace will cause the end margins in the slots Ill to double back upon themselves through their engagement with the two uppermost outlets I5. When so doubled, the lace structure is of considerable bulk so as to prevent passage of the doubled lace portions from being pulled through the eyelets.

Figure 4 illustrates the manner in which the lace is drawn against one of the eyelets. Such engagement between the lace and the uppermost eyelets firmly secures the ends of the lace against relative shifting, thereby eliminating the necessity of tying conventional knots. The laces are designed for length with respect to a shoe of given design, and three slots in each lace end for a shoe of given design are entirely ample to accommodate all lacing requirements for diierent feet in a shoe of given size or design. y

Considerable material is saved in that the ends of the lace need not be of considerable length in addition to the necessary lacing length of the lace. The tipped ends pass freely through the slots so as to facilitate securing relationship between the lace ends. The spreading action of the shoe parts I8 firmly secures the lace and no lacing effort is required other than merely passing the lace ends through their respective openings lll.

Without further elaboration, the foregoing will so fully illustrate my invention, that others may, by applying current knowledge, readily adapt the same for use under various conditions of service.

I claim:

In a shoe having two rows of eyelets, a lace threadable through said eyelets for lacing the shoe and woven to' provide an opening near each of its ends, each end of the lace being threadable through the opening in the other end adjacent one of said eyelets to be doubled back upon itself through engagement with the eyelet to secure the end to the lace.

AARON BENOWITZ. 

